Legal Question in Civil Litigation in New York

Private Automobile Purchase

My husband works with a man whose father passed away and his mother was selling the family vehicle. He was told it is a really good car. We went to look at it to purchase for our college age son to drive to work this summer. We told her why we were buying it and that we knew her son and daughter in law. She verbally guaranteed the vehicle. We could not drive it to have it checked out because there was no insurance or registration on it. We were buying on trust. The vehicles frame, brake line and gas line are shot. She wrote the bill of sale as is and said too bad. Do we have a case for small claims court?


Asked on 5/28/01, 11:19 am

2 Answers from Attorneys
Robert R. Groezinger GroezingerLaw P.C.

Re: Private Automobile Purchase

I received your post on 6-25-2001.

Perhaps.

Your complaint would read fraud in for breach of contract and fraud in the inducement. Small claims is also limited to $3000.00

Good Luck

RRG

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Answered on 6/26/01, 10:06 pm
Garry Hanlon

Re: Private Automobile Purchase

Not really, because you could have brought

a mechanic to the house to look at the car

and go over it before you bought it even

if you could not drive it on the highway

Your only other avenue would be to call

the attorney general's office to see if

there is some provision in the lemon law

to save you

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Answered on 6/28/01, 10:12 pm


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